Folding coin receiver and display device



I Y mms.

July 29, 1941. D. LANSKY 2,250,995

FOLDING COIN RECEIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Sept. 30, 1940 2 ShetS-ShGGt 1 Patented July 29, 1941 FOLDING COIN RECEIVER AND DISPLAY I DEVECE' 9 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in coin receivers or banks and more particularly to a' combined folding coin container and display,

The primary object of the invention is to provide a cardboard coin receiver or box which is normally flat for compact storing and shipping purposes, but which may be set up for use and automatically locked in a novel manner which will prevent collapsing or opening of the receiver in an attempt to pilfer the contents, unless the receiver is mutilated. A coin receiver of this kind is especially adapted for use by organizations-for the public solicitation of funds and may be conspicuously placed upon store counters and tables, or the coin receiver may be carried in the hand of a fund solicitor for direct solicitation. Another feature of the invention resides in a cardboard coin receiver which is in the form of a counter display, the same having relatively large exterior surface areas on which ample charitable cause indicia may be printed which is inducivetoward the dropping of a contribution into the receiver.

A further feature of the invention is the pro vision of a folding cardboard coin receiver which is locked in a rigid set up position for useby a novel interlocking tongue and slot arrangement which cannot be unlocked without mutilation of the receiver, thus preventing dishonest persons from pilferingthe contents of the coin receiver Without detection.

A still further feature of the invention is the provision of a folding cardboard coin receiver and. display which is simple and inexpensive of construction, easy to set up for use from a collapsed position, and which is incapable of further use after the same has been broken open to remove the coin contents therefrom.

Other features of; the invention will become apparent as the following specification is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in collapsed condition.

Figure 2 is a side elevational View partly in section of the device in partially set up position.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the device in fully set up locked position.

Figure 4 is a View. similar to Figure 2, illustrate ingv the-device in set uplocked position.

Figure 5- is an enlarged horizontal sectional:

view on the line 55 of Figure 3.

on the line 6'-5= of Figure 3;

Figure 7 is a view partly in sideelevation and partly in section of a modified form.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, the numeral I0 designates the coin re- -ceiver and display device in its entirety which broadly includes an inner foldable box-like body A, an outer tubular foldable side wall structure B, and a combined folding base and display panel C, all of which are constructed of cardboard, suitably cut, scored, and connected together intoa single unit in a manner now to be fully de-.

scribed.

The inner box body A shown in- Figures 1 to 6 inclusive comprises a single blank of relatively stifi cardboard which is provided with four suitably spaced parallel hinge scores ll, l2, l3, andhi to provide a bottom wall [5, a front wall It, a top wall l'l, while'the free ends of the blank are brought into meeting engagement to provide a rear wall It. Each end of the-topand bottom Walls H and I5 is provided with outwardly converging surfaces i9l 9 which meet at a point inalinement with the longitudinal mid portion of the said walls, however, the end-s of the top and bottom walls may be rounded, or of other angular configuration as will be appreciated hereinafter. The pointed ends of the top and bottom walls I! and I5 extend beyond the plane of the ends of the front and rear walls I6 and I 8 as best illustrated in the broken away position of Figure 1. Integral with the side ends of the front and rear walls It and I8 are pairs of end wall sections 26 and 2| respectively, and are connectedthereto by hinge scores 2-2 and 23 respectively. Each end wall section is of a width approximating the length of a converging surface I9, and: they vertically aline with the surfaces 19 when the box body A is in set up position. The outer free edge of each end wall section 20 is provided with an outwardly extending elongated lug 2Q. Approximately midway ofits length and similarly located on each end wall section 21 is an elongated notch 25 which receives the lug 24 when the adjacent end wall sections assume an outwardly converging relation on a common horizontal plane, at which time the box-body A is in set up position. When the lugs 24 interlock with the notches 25, the box body A cannot be collapsed and it is the outer tubular wall structure B that confines the interlocked end wall sections and prevents collapsing of the device after it has been set up for use. The top Wall H is provided with a centrally located coin. slot 25;

The combined base and display panel: C is constructed from a single blank of cardboard of substantially the same thickness and stiffness as the box body A, but the front or face side thereof is finished to receive printed matter. The blank of cardboard from which the part C is constructed is cut to provide an intermediate panel wall 21, an enlarged upwardly extending display panel 28 coextensive therewith, and a foldable flat base 29 connected to the wall panel 2'! by a hinge score 351. A portion of the wall panel 2'! is cut from that portion of the blank forming the base 29 so that the base extends beyond all sides of the body of the device when set up to prevent accidental tipping over of the device when resting upon a flat supporting surface.

The panel wall 27 constitutes the rear wall of the tubular side wall structure 13, the other walls thereof being formed from a single sheet of stiff cardboard having an outer finished face to receive printed matter. This sheet of cardboard is scored inwardly from each end on spaced parallel hinge scores 3|, 32, and 33 to provide an attaching flap 34 and side wall sections '35 and 36 which are of a width approximating the length of each of the converging surfaces 19 for abutting engagement therewith when the device is in set up position. The portion of the cardboard sheet between the hinge scores 33-33 constitutes an outer front wall 31. The front wall 31 and side wall sections 3535 enclose the front and sides of the box body A while the inner sides of the attaching flaps 34 are adhesively secured at 38 to the outer sides of the rear wall l8. The outer sides of the fiaps 34 are adhesively secured to the front side of the panel wall 21 as at 39 as best illustrated in Figure 5. If desired, the flaps 34 may be glued to the rear face of the panel wall 21, and the rear wall I8 glued flat against the front face of said panel wall 21 without in any way affecting the functioning of the device.

Cut out from the base 29 and connected thereto on the hinge score 40 is an upwardly extending tongue 4! which passes through a slot 42 disposed adjacent the front wall i6 and to the inner side of which wall the tongue is adhesively connected as at 53 and this hinged tongue connection between the base 29 and front wall l provides an operative connection by which the box body A is moved from its original collapsed position to set up position by the manual swinging of the base 29 forwardly on the hinge score 33.

In practice, the device is manufactured in the collapsed position shown in Figure 1 wherein the base 29, panel wall 21 and display panel 28 assume the same plane, the box body A is flat and the lower portion depends below the substantially flat folded outer front wall 3? and end wall sec.

tions 3536. When the device is in collapsed position, it is possible to compactly ship and store the same until use of the device is desired. To effect a setting up of the device la, the base 29 is swung on the hinge score 3!! to a position at right angle to the panel wall 2? and display panel 28. As the base 29 is connected to the front wall 16 by the tongue ll, the front wall it carrying the end wall sections 20 will move forwardly and upwardly as illustrated in Figure 2, the rear wall sections 2! remaining stationary for they are connected to the rear wall [8 which is in turn fixedly attached to the outer wall structure B. The outer front wall 3? and end wall sections 35 and 36 are pushed outwardly as the box body A moves to set up position and during which time the outwardly converging outer end wall sections 35 and 36 are engaged by the respective end wall sections 2| and 20 which causes the free longitudinal edges to abut and be pressed together by the tension of the outer end wall sections. With the longitudinal edges of the pairs of outwardly converging end wall sections 20 and 2i in pressing contact with each other, it will be understood that as the box body A reaches a fully unfolded position as shown in Figure 4, the lugs 24 will register with and enter the notches 25 where they interlock and are held against separation by the tension of the outer end wall sections 35 and 36. The device is now set up and locked against collapsing, and entry into the box body A may only be had by mutilation of the device by cutting or tearing it apart.

The device If! is previously intended for use by charitable organizations in the solicitation of funds by donations. The charitable appeal may be printed upon the front of the display panel 28, and upon the outer front and end walls. The devices may be left in collapsed form until ready for use, at which time the same may be quickly set up and placed upon the counter of a store or carried in the hand of a solicitor. Coins are intended to be dropped into the box body A through the coin opening 26 and due to the rigid construction and stiff cardboard stock, the box body or blank will easily hold its capacity in coins without breaking or collapsing. To remove the collected coins from the box body A, it is necessary to cut or break the walls of r f the same, which may easily be done by the proper authorities, however, should an unlawful attempt be made to remove coins, detection thereof will be readily apparent.

In Figure 7 a slight modified form of the invention is illustrated wherein the sections forming the rear wall I8 of the box body A meet midway of the height of the body as do the end wall sections here designated 2i having notches 25 with which the lugs 24' of the adjacent coacting end wall section 26 interlocks. By this modified arrangement it is possible to obtain a slight saving in the stock from which the box body is constructed.

While I have referred to the device 10 as a coin container for use in the solicitation of funds, it will be understood that the same may be distributed by saving banks for encouraging saving among their depositors. Also, the principle of looking a container which is set forth herein may be employed in connection with other cardboard articles and displays if desired.

Having shown and described what I consider to be a practical embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be further understood that such changes in construction and design as come within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to if desired Without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A foldable cardboard device comprising a box body having hingedly connected front, rear, top, and bottom walls, pairs of end wall sections hingedly connected to the ends of the front and rear walls, a foldable tubular outer wall structure surrounding the front, rear and sides of the box body, the rear wall of the box body being fixedly attached to the outer wall structure, said box body being normally flatly collapsed, and interlocking elements provided on the free edges of each pair of end wall sections and disengaged when the box body is collapsed, said tubular outer Wall structure acting to cause the end Wall sections to assume outwardly converging relation with their free edges contacting whereby movement of the box body to set up position will distend the outer tubular wall structure causing the same to impart an inward pressure against the contacting edges of the end wall sections to effect a positive interlocking of the interlocking elements when the box is set up and to prevent any subsequent collapsing of the device.

2. A foldable cardboard coin receiver or bank of normally collapsed form comprising a box body having opposed front and rear walls, a top wall hingedly connected to said front and rear walls and having a coin opening therein, a bottom wall hinged to said front and rear walls, pairs of end wall sections hingedly connected to the ends of the front and rear walls, means carried by the rear wall and surrounding the front and ends of the box body for causing each pair of end wall sections to assume outwardly converging relation with their edges contacting, said box body being normally collapsed with the front and rear walls flat against each other and with the top and bottom walls extending downwardly, and interlocking elements on the meeting edges of each pair of end wall sections normally disengaged but engageable when the walls of the box body are moved to set up position.

3. A device of the class described comprising in combination a box having opposed front and rear walls, top and bottom walls hingedly connected to the front and rear walls to enable the front and rear walls to fold to a collapsed position against each other, end wall sections hinged to ends of the front and rear walls and constituting opposed pairs of end wall sections, a folded outer side wall structure surrounding the front and rear walls and end wall sections of the box, the rear wall of said box being fixedly secured to the foldable wall structure, interlocking elements provided on the free side edges of each related pair of end wall sections and being normally disengaged, whereby upon unfolding of the box to set up position will cause the unfolding of the folded outer side wall structure and cause the interlocking elements to engage and lock the device in set up position against unfolding.

4. A device of the class described comprising in combination, a foldable inner box structure having opposed front and rear walls, opposed side walls, and top and bottom walls, each of the side walls comprising a pair of separate side wall sections respectively hingedly connected to the front and rear walls, a foldable outer box structure including opposed front and rear walls and opposed side walls, the inner box structure being arranged Within the outer box structure and having the adjacent rear walls flatly connected together, the foldable inner and outer box structure being normally collapsed in fiat relation, the inner box structure being shiftable inwardly relative to the outer box structure to set up position to cause the front and rear walls, and end Wall sections thereof to distend the front, rear and end walls of the outer box structure to unfolded position, and interlocking elements provided on the free side edges of each pair of end wall sections engageable when the inner box structure is in set up position.

5. A cardboard coin receiver including a box body comprising opposed front and rear walls, a bottom wall, and a top wall having a coin slot therein, a pair of outwardly converging end wall sections hinged to each end of the front and rear walls and having their free side edges engaging, interlocking elements on the free side edges of the pair of outwardly converging side wall sections, an outer wall structure surrounding the box body, the rear wall of the box body being fixedly secured to the adjacent portion of the outer wall structure, the interlocked end wall sections being confined by the outer wall structure whereby to prevent opening of the coin box without mutilation of the coin receiver.

6. A cardboard coin receiver as set forth in claim 5, including a fiat horizontal base connected to the front wall of the box body and extending forwardly and rearwardly thereof, and a vertical display panel connected to and rising upwardly from the rear of the outer wall structure and being integral with said base.

'7. A device of the class described adapted to be automatically locked when set up from a collapsed position, comprising a foldable inner box body normally collapsed, a normally folded tubular outer wall structure surrounding the sides of the box body and fixedly secured thereto, said box body including opposed pairs of hinged end wall sections, each pair of end wall sections having free meeting vertical edges, and interlocking means between the meeting edges of each pair of end wall sections engageable when the box body is unfolded to set up position to unfold and distend the tubular outer wall structure and being held engaged by the tension of the distended outer wall structure.

8. A non-collapsible cardboard coin receiver comprising opposed front and rear walls, opposed top and bottom walls hingedly connected to said top and bottom walls, the top Wall having a coin slot therein, opposed pairs of end wall sections hinged to the sides of the front and rear walls, each pair of end wall sections being disposed in outwardly converging relation with their free vertical edges in meeting engagement, interlocking means on the meeting edges of each pair of end wall sections for preventing pivotal movement of the front, rear, top and bottom walls, and an outer wall structure snugly surrounding the front and rear walls and end wall sections in interlocked relation.

9. A non-collapsible coin receiver as set forth in claim 8, including a flat base member hingedly connected to the rear of the outer wall structure at the bottom thereof, and a tongue flap hinged to the flat base member and fixedly secured to the front wall.

DAVID LANSKY. 

